Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A stroke; lash.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo carry away or about; carry; move. · To drive away. · To rouse; raise up. · To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
From Middle English firken, ferken (“to proceed, hasten”), from Old English fercian (“to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed”), from Proto-West Germanic *farikōn, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to travel, fare”). Akin to Old English faran (“to fare, go”), English fare; if so, equivalent to fare + -k. Cognate with Old High German fuora (“benefit, sustenance, support”), Swabian fergen, ferken (“to bring, dispatch”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionfirkenenm
- Inherited-form mentionfercianang · to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed
- Inherited-form mention*farukōngmw-pro
- Derivation mention*faranągem-pro · to travel, fare
- Cognate mentionfaranang
- Cognate mentionfareen
- Cognate mentionfuoragoh
- Cognate mentionfergenswg
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